Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of the Clam Farm Tract

Summary

In October 2005, Brockington and Associates, Inc., surveyed 12 acres of uplands associated

with the Clam Farm Tract for Interlink Development, LLC. This survey included a review of the

history of land ownership and use through public documents, a review of previous investigations in

and near the project area, and the excavation of shovel tests at 30 meter (100 foot) intervals along

the project tract. Shovel tests were also excavated immediately around the clam farming facilities.

An intensive metal detector survey was conducted near some of the structures at the clam farm, in

order to search for evidence of Civil War camps or activities. This cultural resources survey was

undertaken to provide information concerning the kinds of cultural resources present on the tract and

how these resources may affect the future development of the tract. No artifacts or information

pertaining to the Civil War was found during this survey.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Charleston County

Keywords

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1862 to 1865 (Union occupation of the area)

Calendar Date: 1875 to 1875 (Legare sells the Home tract including the project tract to George Brown)

Calendar Date: 1875 to 1924 (George Brown and descendants own Clam Farm)

Calendar Date: 1924 to 1925 (Land owned by Folly Roadway Company)

Calendar Date: 1925 to 1938 (Land owned by W. King McDowell and Herman D. Lube)

Calendar Date: 1938 to 1940 (Land owned by Ida Seabrook Barnett)

Calendar Date: 1940 to 1963 (Land divided and project tract owned by John Kwiatowski and family)

Calendar Date: 1963 to 1990 (Land owned by Steven Flowers and family of the Flowers Oyster Company)

Calendar Date: 1990 to 2005 (Land owned by International Mariculture Partnership)

Calendar Date: 1861 to 1865 (The American Civil War)

Spatial Coverage

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Jonathan Leader; Edward West

Contributor(s): Charles F. Phillips Jr.; Chevis Clark; Chris Maisey; Inna Burns; Allison Wind; Jennifer Salo

Field Director(s): Andrew Agha

Principal Investigator(s): Ralph Bailey

Sponsor(s): Interlink Development, LLC

Prepared By(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.

Notes

General Note: The project was funded in order to locate any Civil War artifacts that might be present on the property. The tests yielded no material at all other than fill dirt.

File Information

	Name	Size	Creation Date	Date Uploaded	Access
	clam-farm-final-report.pdf	8.99mb		May 20, 2013 1:03:03 PM	Confidential
	redacted-clam-farm-final-report.pdf	6.84mb		May 20, 2013 1:03:09 PM	Public